Shuff comes from the loss side to win the $20k-added Texas Open’s One Pocket division

All we want to know is who’s been putting what and how much of it into Brandon Shuff’s Wheaties recently. Because we, and presumably a lot of the players currently involved in Predator’s Texas Open Championship’s 9-ball division tournament (Sept. 4-8), would like to order some, delivered please. What commanded our attention about this was the fact that at the start of this week’s Texas Open (Sept. 1-4), Shuff went undefeated through its first divisional tournament; a $20,000-added One Pocket event that drew 37 entrants to Skinny Bob’s Billiards in Round Rock, TX. In his eight-match run to the title, he […]

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How to break 9 ball and make 1 in side. (W/ the 9 ball on spot.

How to make the 9 in side on break?
The pros are playing with very, very special conditions.

First, you have the nine on the spot, as you noted, but also the cue ball is in a break box.

Most importantly, the balls are new and all the same size (or pretty nearly), and they are using a fresh-out-of-the-box template. The rack is very tight, with very small or no gaps.

The pros make the nine ball by cutting the 1 ball as mentioned above, with outside draw to the cue ball comes back through the rack area. The nine ball moves very little if the rack is tight, so it is there waiting for the cue ball. Adjust your draw and outside to change the path of the cue ball higher or lower through the rack.

Chalk gate at the open !!!!

I don’t get this……….I have been playing pool for 65 years…….different cities, tables and cues down through the years.
And, of course, a variety of pool chalks have been used as you’d imagine. I have never had chalk on my fingers or hands and I use a closed bridge on 75-80% of my shots. If you get blue fingers, hands, ferrules or shafts, I have news you don’t want to hear. Apparently, they never learned how to chalk correctly and are like the cartoon character that hangs with Charles Schultz’s Charlie Brown……Pigpen. These players are just slobs and over chalk so it stains their hands, fingers and pool cue. This has never happened to me or any cue I’ve owned. This is so inept that it’s sad but comical at the same time.
Have you ever played pool for 15 hours straight??? I don't mean with an opponent where you share time at the table. I mean 15 hours of you at the table playing constantly. If not, then try it chalking normally with your bridge hand and get back to me.

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